{"id":2997,"date":"2025-04-13T18:55:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T23:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2025-04-29T08:26:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T13:26:58","slug":"texas-appeals-court-upholds-divorce-on-insupportability-ground-despite-evidence-of-adultery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-divorce-on-insupportability-ground-despite-evidence-of-adultery\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Upholds Divorce on Insupportability Ground Despite Evidence of Adultery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Texas, a court may grant a \u201cno-fault\u201d divorce if the marriage has become insupportable due to \u201cdiscord or conflict of personalities. . .\u201d Tex. Fam. Code \u00a0\u00a7 6.001. The court may also grant divorce in favor of a spouse, if the other spouse committed adultery. Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 6.003.\u00a0 In a recent case, a former wife <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/third-court-of-appeals\/2025-03-23-00268-cv.pdf?ts=1744376042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appealed<\/a> her Texas divorce decree, which was granted on the ground of insupportability instead of adultery.<\/p>\n<p>According to the appeals court, the parties got married in 2014 and the wife petitioned for divorce in 2022.\u00a0 She alleged insupportability and adultery by the husband as grounds for the divorce and sought a disproportionate share of the community estate.\u00a0 In his counterpetition, the husband alleged insupportability and sought an equal division of the community estate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trial<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At trial, the wife testified she made more than $100,000 per year in the military but was now receiving about $88,000 from retirement and disability benefits.\u00a0 She said that the parties generally maintained separate finances and separate bank accounts during the marriage, but she primarily paid the bills out of her own account and was reimbursed by the husband for his share. They also had a joint account for bills.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-divorce-on-insupportability-ground-despite-evidence-of-adultery\/#more-2997\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Texas, a court may grant a \u201cno-fault\u201d divorce if the marriage has become insupportable due to \u201cdiscord or conflict of personalities. . .\u201d Tex. Fam. Code \u00a0\u00a7 6.001. The court may also grant divorce in favor of a spouse, if the other spouse committed adultery. Tex. Fam. 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